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why droplet not connecting using ssh ? it always says permission denied.

Posted on November 2, 2018

using mac terminal i am trying to access droplet . it shows permission denied



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Hello,

I would recommend uploading a new SSH key to your Droplet, to do that you can follow the steps here on how to create a new SSH key:

https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/how-to/add-ssh-keys/create-with-openssh/

Then once you have the SSH key ready, you can follow the steps here on how to add the SSH key to your existing Droplet:

https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/how-to/add-ssh-keys/to-existing-droplet/

And finally, you can follow the steps here on how to SSH to your Droplet:

https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/how-to/connect-with-ssh/

Regards, Bobby

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